Celebrating the Unpopular Arts
 

Let’s end the month with Gene Colan art!

Daredevil #58-60 (Roy Thomas, Gene Colan) is a typical outing for the Man Without Fear. He’s up against the latest crime boss controlling the Big Apple mobs, the aptly named Crime-Wave, who has no (relation to the same-name villain team Captain America would battle about three years later (I’m surprised, given Roy’s fondness for continuity, there’s not even a reference to the Kingpin — “He was busted stealing the stone tablet — control is wide open!”).

Having revealed his identity to Karen Page in #57, Matt planned to hang up his identity as Daredevil and marry Karen. However Foggy is DA and he needs DD’s help to bring Crime-Wave to justice. In Part Three Daredevil, with the help of Foggy’s ex-con girlfriend Debby (thereby proving she’s reformed), exposes Crime-Wave as Foggy’s assistant DA, one of those “Huh, who’s that?” unmaskings. Before we get to the rip-the-mask-off Scooby Doo moment, however, there’s a lot of fighting. I thought this panel, in particular stood out.

On that note, have a great weekend.

4 Comments

  1. conrad1970

    I always thought ‘Mean Gene’ was the unsung hero of Marvel in the 70’s .
    He never seemed to get the accolades of Kirby, Buscema or Adams but he was one of my favourites, his run on Tomb of Dracula was nothing short of incredible.

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